Time to U1: 3 months
Time to U2: 1 month
Time to U3: 3 weeks (!?)

You guys are bangin.

@Seifer omg this changelog tho … it’s almost like a major release!

https://www.falcon-bms.com/changelogs/falcon-bms-4-36-update-1/

new training missions? new cockpit textures? new/improved AI and JTAC interactions?

improved ACMI recording? improved models? and docs? the list just goes on…

I was only expecting a few CTD fixes and maybe the AIM-120 thing.

this is amazing work, BMS team, in just a few short months! can’t wait to try it out…

@Atlas My tips …

1. approach at an offset … eg. 500 ft off the left wing. so you can get a sense of the tanker moving “backward” in your fov as you approach

2. set g_fSmartScalingThreshold 3.0 //nautical miles

the idea here is to have things scale smoothly, within gun range (~3.0 nm) and also for flying formations, overhead-break and carrier landing patterns etc

Another tool from AirTex that literally nobody asked for!

https://github.com/arithex/ThrottleOverlay/#readme

Simple WPF app to easily visualize your joystick/throttle position
Use this tool to keep an eye on your throttle axis – this is especially useful, if you have a joystick with a dodgy/crappy throttle slider like mine (or a nicer throttle that slides around your desk and isn’t fixed relative to your seat).

Changes from green to yellow as you pass through the afterburner detent…!

Get it here…
https://github.com/arithex/ThrottleOverlay/releases/tag/v1.0.2021.1005

@Hubert3000 said in Training features request:

OP needs to learn to use the game properly not with arcade cheat keys. Dumb idea.
OP try training in correct order. Start with basics, take off, flying, landing

When you read the OP posts, that’s what you took away? I took that he’s been flying BMS for 10 years and now leads a virtual training squadron.

I get that these sorts of feature requests don’t align with the current tenets and priorities of the BMS team. But it’s not unreasonable to ask, right?

@Jackal It is very strange, the number of tech support threads we have, that are resolved by fresh/repeated re-install.

Some theories involve overzealous antivirus, quarantining false-positives… but hard to know for sure.

Someone should probably make a “validateInstall” script that checks for the existence (and validates hash) of all the stock-KTO resource files.

Perhaps I’ll do that this week…

@Atlas The high level disconnect is this: he’s not simulating being an air force pilot in a war; he’s simulating being an air force trainee in a simulator.

This is the kind of thing they do.

The word “realism” is being used to mean two things in this thread. (a) real experience and outcomes of a real pilot in a real plane. vs (b) real experience and outcomes of a trainee in a simulator.

In (a) the pilot says: “oh s–t I’m out of fuel … ejecting!”

In (b) the instructor says: “you’ve burned too much fuel at this point… deducting 10 points. now let’s add some fuel, and continue the lesson”

@Tumbler31 Hooray! Thanks for the continued dedication, BMS devs!

@jcook the 2D setup UI has not really been invested in. recommend Alternative Launcher which is a well maintained modern UI for maintaining your key file bindings

https://github.com/chihirobelmo/FalconBMS-Alternative-Launcher/releases

@finsterdow Probably best to start 1 separate thread for each of these questions. Maybe pace it out 1 per day or something… but here’s the lightning round.

• Drag chute. I don’t think any of the F-16 blocks in stock KTO have a drag chute. I see there’s a callback defined for it… but I think it’s only implemented in other theaters – I think the Dutch variant have drag chutes. Not sure who else?

• NWS … not sure … what do you mean by “works half the time”? It fails to toggle on/off … or it cuts off unexpectedly … or the rudder pedals fail to steer with it engaged … or ??

• Canopy … I remember somebody else having trouble, but don’t remember what the problem or resolution was. Tell us more what you’re doing. Are you using the new (old but re-added) shortcut to open/close, or are you unlocking the spider-clamp and holding the raise/lower switch? Keyboard or clicking cockpit etc?

• Hotpit refuel … I see you asked this one on a separate thread, and got a response. Will continue that thread there.

@SledDog01
just backup everything in your \Falcon BMS 4.36\User\Config folder … at least the stuff in there with timestamp Oct 2022 or later

but for restoring your data on a new fresh install… just your key file, your cfg files, and your various {PilotCallsign}.* files

@Tumbler31 that was my guess too. but I don’t understand why this kind of thing keeps happening to people.

@gundam latest I saw is folks had some luck running on Linux with Proton (specialized WINE environment from Steam) but not sure anyone root-caused what the problem is with WINE.

https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/22261/falcon-bms-4-36-on-linux-wine-unsupported?_=1670097020774

also not sure what any of this means, for the use case of running a cloud server…

@VikingPingvin very strange crash log callstack that I haven’t seen before.

combined with the weird Alt Launcher behavior … I’d suggest uninstall/reinstall.

pay attention to any antivirus quarantine logs/msgs … it seems like maybe some files are missing or corrupt.

@SledDog01 both normal

for (A) you sometimes have to click the dropdown next to the clock, to start it. it’s a weird old bug or quirk with F4 code

for (B) it leaves space for tools like WDP to generate mission-specific kneeboards

@Tboneeodusmc first of all it might help to know what version of Windows… 10, 11, or ?

it’s probably not that but hard to say… I’ve heard of weird quirks with BMS on a different drive. I only have 1 drive so I can’t easily confirm or reproduce.

You might have to delete this registry key (or change it to point to the correct drive).

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.36]

(start/run RegEdit.exe and navigate to that path)

@Ferde is it the kind of thing that works better, wearing something like delan-clip or a headset with white dots… or does it track facial features

@jcook Don’t reinstall yet (although doing so recently got much easier, with the new single-file installer).

I don’t recognize that crash log, so not sure what’s going on. But the next thing I’d try, in terms of relative harmlessness, is to delete your \Falcon BMS 4.36\User\Config\d3d11.dsp file.

Especially since you’re describing some weirdness about the window and splash screen position.

This file just stores prefs from the Setup/Graphics page. BMS will recreate the file, with safe default values (borderless-window mode).

@hellsguard Just to clarify … did it used to work for you and now it doesn’t? (in 4.35 or earlier 4.36 or…?) or does it just not work the way you expect?

@gundam my guess: 8 cores and 16 GB, to be safe.

may work ok with 4 cores / 8 GB … may not … the CPU-based rendering on remote hosts will consume a lot more system RAM than may be accustomed, running on a physical box … even when bypassed with bmsdedi, it still loads all the textures and shaders etc.